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What is software reliability and software availability? Why is your dependence on software increasing? How good are software reliability predictions? How effective is multiple-version software diversity as a means to enhance software reliability? Is it feasible to quantify software reliability with reasonable confidence? This easy Software Reliability self-assessment will make you the accepted Software Reliability domain specialist by revealing just what you need to know to be fluent and ready...
| Автор | Gerardus Blokdyk |
THE INDUSTRY THAT FORGED THE MODERN WORLD Throughout history metals and raw materials have underpinned human activity. So it is that the industry responsible for extracting these materials from the ground – mining – has been ever present throughout the history of civilisation, from the ancient world of the Egyptians and Romans, to the industrial revolution and the British Empire, and through to the present day, with mining firms well represented on the world's most important stock...
| Автор | Michael Coulson |
What measurements are possible, practicable and meaningful? What else needs to be measured? What are your Web development software processes? Is it clear when you think of the day ahead of you what activities and tasks you need to complete? What could cause delays in the schedule? This best-selling Web Development Software self-assessment will make you the reliable Web Development Software domain leader by revealing just what you need to know to be fluent and ready for any Web Development...
| Автор | Gerardus Blokdyk |
WARNING: some people will NOT want you to read this Manual because it reveals invisible patterns that influence human relations, conflict and politics. And if you read this Manual, then those patterns cannot be used against you anymore. So, it is good for you, but not good for people who want to use those patterns against you. This Manual is Part 1 of 3 in a revolutionary 3-Part Series (The Guardian's Playbook) that will give you god-like levels of transpersonal intelligence and allow you...
| Автор | Jamie Nuich |
What JIT learning skills are most important? How difficult is it to qualify what JIT learning ROI is? In retrospect, of the projects that you pulled the plug on, what percent do you wish had been allowed to keep going, and what percent do you wish had ended earlier? Are you taking your company in the direction of better and revenue or cheaper and cost? What are the best opportunities for value improvement? Defining, designing, creating, and implementing a process to solve a challenge or meet...
| Автор | Gerardus Blokdyk |
What is the cost of rework? How do you ensure that implementations of External audit staff products are done in a way that ensures safety? Are actual costs in line with budgeted costs? How do you plan for the cost of succession? Will the team be available to assist members in planning investigations? This astounding External Audit Staff self-assessment will make you the established External Audit Staff domain expert by revealing just what you need to know to be fluent and ready for any...
| Автор | Gerardus Blokdyk |
What are the long-term Design Engineering and Construction Services goals? Do your employees have the opportunity to do what they do best everyday? Is a Design Engineering and Construction Services team work effort in place? What evidence is there and what is measured? Whose voice (department, ethnic group, women, older workers, etc) might you have missed hearing from in your company, and how might you amplify this voice to create positive momentum for your business? Defining, designing,...
| Автор | Gerardus Blokdyk |
Have all basic functions of Group text been defined? Is there a work around that you can use? Who controls key decisions that will be made? What causes investor action? How do you deal with Group text risk? This valuable Group Text self-assessment will make you the trusted Group Text domain adviser by revealing just what you need to know to be fluent and ready for any Group Text challenge. How do I reduce the effort in the Group Text work to be done to get problems solved? How can I ensure...
| Автор | Gerardus Blokdyk |
What process should you select for improvement? Are you assessing Wireless Communications Service and risk? Are the planned controls in place? How often will data be collected for measures? Whose voice (department, ethnic group, women, older workers, etc) might you have missed hearing from in your company, and how might you amplify this voice to create positive momentum for your business? Defining, designing, creating, and implementing a process to solve a challenge or meet an objective is the...
| Автор | Gerardus Blokdyk |
The newest in the topselling Fox series, this book is a collection of his most recent columns. Master strategist Sunter covers current events and topics of general interest in his unmistakable, highly readable Sunter style. He has updated and annotated each column with new insights and information on what has happened since and how this bears out his theories (or not). The book includes possible paths the global economy and South Africa might follow in the years ahead. Packed full of wit and...
| Автор | Clem Sunter |
'Clem Sunter is South Africa's pre-eminent scenario planner' – Daily Maverick Like true foxes, South Africans invariably rise to the challenge of adapting to whatever the future throws at them. All that is needed is leadership of the right kind. The latest in Clem Sunter's top-selling series of books, 21st Century Megatrends gives politicians, business leaders, social activists – and all the rest of us – a way of understanding the path forward in a world that...
| Автор | Clem Sunter |
What employment programs should health services invest in for people with a psychiatric disability? Which mental health services are considered essential? Which groups in need of mental health services get the least help? What are the information sources? Who will be responsible for and coordinate the activities and programs? Defining, designing, creating, and implementing a process to solve a challenge or meet an objective is the most valuable role… In EVERY group, company, organization and...
| Автор | Gerardus Blokdyk |
‘Johannesburg – Late on Friday night, Iqbal Survé phoned Mandla Mandela, the ailing statesman’s grandson: “Tell Madiba, Independent’s coming home,” he said. “If there’s one thing that will make him get better faster, it’s this,” the younger Mandela responded.’ This is how one of Independent Newspapers’ titles told its readers in April 2013 that it had been bought by Iqbal Survé’s Sekunjalo Independent Media Consortium for R2 billion. The journalists of South Africa’s biggest newspaper firm,...
| Автор | Alide Dasnois |
What is the risk? To what extent does each concerned units management team recognize Software reliability testing as an effective investment? Can the solution be designed and implemented within an acceptable time period? Are there measurements based on task performance? What is the worst case scenario? This easy Software Reliability Testing self-assessment will make you the accepted Software Reliability Testing domain master by revealing just what you need to know to be fluent and ready for...
| Автор | Gerardus Blokdyk |
South Africa is undeniably the continent's powerhouse. Local corporates like MTN, Standard Bank and Shoprite are African business giants; South Africa is the only African member of BRICS; and a South African heads the African Union Commission. Yet the country is often perceived by other African states as a bully that punches above its weight. Does South Africa have the moral standing, and economic and military capacity to call itself a superpower? In twenty years of reporting on Africa,...
| Автор | Liesl Louw-Vaudran |
New York Timesi ja Wall Street Journali bestseller!Elu prožektorite all on karm, eriti veel segastel ning kiiretel aegadel. Rinda tuleb pista lõputute kriiside, tarbetu müra ja väsimatute „heasoovijatega“. Et sellest piinavast seisust vähegi väärikalt väljuda, tekib paljudel kange kiusatus raudse maski taha pageda. Raamatu „Julgege juhtida“ autor Brené Brown leiab, et meie keskel toimetab liiga palju neid, kes juhivad hirmu ning haiget tegemise pinnalt. Browni unistuseks on pärandada oma lastele...
| Автор | Брене Браун |
How rapid is the progress of technical knowledge within your field? Is there executive leadership directing and accountable for telehealth services? What was the social policy in relation to demography? Is there enough evidence to help clients make complex decisions? Do changes to relationships improve quality and save money? Defining, designing, creating, and implementing a process to solve a challenge or meet an objective is the most valuable role… In EVERY group, company, organization and...
| Автор | Gerardus Blokdyk |
Who controls critical resources? What did you miss in the interview for the worst hire you ever made? Are the Safe Working Load requirements testable? Who gets your output? Why do and why don't your customers like your organization? Defining, designing, creating, and implementing a process to solve a challenge or meet an objective is the most valuable role… In EVERY group, company, organization and department. Unless you are talking a one-time, single-use project, there should be a...
| Автор | Gerardus Blokdyk |
Betterness: Economics for Humans is a powerful call to arms for a post-capitalist economy. Umair Haque argues that just as positive psychology revolutionized our understanding of mental health by recasting the field as more than just treating mental illness, we need to rethink our economic paradigm. Why? Because business as we know it has reached a state of diminishing returns—though we work harder and harder, we never seem to get anywhere. This has led to a diminishing of the common...
| Автор | Umair Haque |
How do your measurements capture actionable Health technology assessment information for use in exceeding your customers expectations and securing your customers engagement? How will the Health technology assessment team and the group measure complete success of Health technology assessment? How will you insure seamless interoperability of Health technology assessment moving forward? What is the Health technology assessment's sustainability risk? How can you measure Health technology...
| Автор | Gerardus Blokdyk |
What are the usability implications of Basic Occupational Health Services actions? Do you have any cost Basic Occupational Health Services limitation requirements? What are your key performance measures or indicators and in-process measures for the control and improvement of your Basic Occupational Health Services processes? Why should you adopt a Basic Occupational Health Services framework? What drives O&M cost? This astounding Basic Occupational Health Services self-assessment will make...
| Автор | Gerardus Blokdyk |
How important do you consider it to be that the new training materials on supply chain security include types of content? Does intern wish new training plan goals be assigned? Which new training methods/tools or ideas will be used in the future? Are new training and records needed? Has your organization created new trainings based on findings from trend reports? Defining, designing, creating, and implementing a process to solve a challenge or meet an objective is the most valuable role… In...
| Автор | Gerardus Blokdyk |
Meet your new global consumerYou’ve heard of the burgeoning consumer markets in China and India that are driving the world economy. But do you know enough about these new consumers to convert them into customers?Do you know that:• There will be nearly one billion middle-class consumers in China and India within the next ten years?• More than 135 million Chinese and Indians will graduate from college in this timeframe, compared to just 30 million in the United...
| Автор | David Michael |
Who is responsible for ensuring appropriate resources (time, people and money) are allocated to Cost Plus? How is the value delivered by Cost Plus being measured? Is the Cost Plus organization completing tasks effectively and efficiently? Marketing budgets are tighter, consumers are more skeptical, and social media has changed forever the way we talk about Cost Plus, how do you gain traction? Is maximizing Cost Plus protection the same as minimizing Cost Plus loss? Defining, designing,...
| Автор | Gerardus Blokdyk |